愚人
Chinese
stupid | man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (愚人) |
愚 | 人 |
Pronunciation
Noun
愚人
- (literary) stupid person; fool; simpleton
- 尤二姐滴淚說道:「你們拿我作愚人待,什么事我不知。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18th century CE
- Yóu Èrjiě dīlèi shuōdào: “Nǐmen ná wǒ zuò yúrén dài, shénme shì wǒ bù zhī.” [Pinyin]
- Second Sister You said with tears dripping, “You treat me like a fool. Whatever it is, I do not know.”
尤二姐滴泪说道:“你们拿我作愚人待,什么事我不知。” [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]- 鴻雁于飛,哀鳴嗷嗷。維此哲人,謂我劬勞。維彼愚人,謂我宣驕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Hóngyàn yú fēi, āimíng áo'áo. Wéi cǐ zhérén, wèi wǒ qúláo. Wéi bǐ yúrén, wèi wǒ xuānjiāo. [Pinyin]
- The wild geese are flying about,
And melancholy is their cry of ao-ao.
There were they, wise men,
who recognized our pain and toil;
If they had been stupid men,
They would have said we were proclaiming our insolence.
鸿雁于飞,哀鸣嗷嗷。维此哲人,谓我劬劳。维彼愚人,谓我宣骄。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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愚 | 人 |
ぐ Grade: S |
じん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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愚 | 人 |
ぐ Grade: S |
にん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
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